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THE GEEAT FRAUD.
The Investigation to be Begun at Once
and Prosecuted Vigorously
to the End.
FORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
Giving Sub-Committees for Florida,
Louisiana and the Visit
ing Statesmen.
WHISTLING T'P HIS COURAGE.
Haves Says the Movement Will Gain
Strength but Sees no Danger to
His Fraudulent Title.
A SIGNIFICANT COINCIDENCE.
The Master Events Culminating
Hayes' Theft of the Presidency,
and Proving it Upon
Him, Occuring on
Friday.
[Special Telegram to the Globe.J
"WASHINGTON, May 19.The committee to
investigate the election frauds in Florida
and Louisiana, and the connection of mem
bers of the administration therewith, -will be
appointed on Monday, and will proceed at
once to its work. An earnest desire is ox
pressed by many members that tho commit
tee should complete its work before the ad
]ournment of Congress, which good prophets
now think will occur about the middle of
July. A prominent member of Congress
said to-day that the committee would be able
very soon to tell whether it is going to
STRIKE BED ROOK
or not in regard to the scope of the investi
gation. It is understood tho committee
will make it very wide, as it easily can do
under the House resolutien. The constitu
tion of tho committee will enable the chair
man to detail one sub-committee of two
Democrats and one Republican to go to
Florida, and another similar sub-committee
to go to .Louisiana, leaving five members of
the committee, three Democrats and two
Republicans, to lomam here and prosecute
the general inquiry into the conduct of
prominent Republicans in
AIDING AND ABETTING THK 1BAUDS
that were perpetrated, and tho manner in
which the men who committed the frauds
have been rewarded by the administration.
These sub-committee-* will summon every
man who can thiow any light on the manip
ulation ot the electoral vote in tho two States
by the Republicans. Ail the
VISITING bTATESMEN
are to be asked to come up and tebtify, and
if they refuse so much the worse for them.
The committee will begin at the beginning
with Zach Chandler and the Republican
campaign committee in New York on the
night of the election, and seek to trace out
every important fact in the grand conspiracy,
winding up with the appointment of all the
returning board lascals and many of the lo
cal election managers to office. It will be
remembered when
ZACH CHANDLER
was called before the Senate committee in
February, 1877, he refused to answer to the
questions of the committee on the ground
that he WPS then a member of the cabinet
and could not be compelled to testify. He
has no such shield now and the committee
can shut him up in the capitol if he lefuses
to tell what he knows about the great con
spiracy. A gentleman who is honored with
the confidence of the administration held a
long conversation with the President yester
day in regaid to the Potter resolution and
GIVES THE ''GLOBE" REPRESENTATIVE,
as far as he can remember, the views enter
tained by Hayes on the situation. The
President has never beemed pleasanter, or
more tranquil, and undisturbed than he was
this morning. He feels not in the least ap
prehensive about the final result of the
movement, so far as his office is concerned,
but at the same time regards it as a
GREAT MISFORTUNE TO THE COUNTRY,
and calculated to disturb the quiet and also
the work of conciliation which he had
flattered himself was so fully completed. He
regards the Potter resolution as designed by
its suppoiters for the purpose of making
stuff tor campaign purposes. At the same
time he feels that it is a matter not to be
made light of. Like many such matteis, it
began in a farce in the Maryland Legisla
ture, with Montgomery Blain as its champion,
and was the object ot
JESTS A5D RIDICULE.
It has finally reached the House of Repre
sentatives, and the very men who scoffed at
the idea of an investigation found them
selves forced to its support. There is no tell
ing, therefore, in his opinion, how much will
come of it. He regards the majority of
Democrats as at heart against the movement,
but timid peisons will be overawed and
others, whose opinions are not settled, will
be influenced, and they will all be forced
into line as were Alexander H. Stephens and
Abe Hewitt. In this way he expects the
movement will,
CUIN STRENGTH
and gather in men, and in that way may as
sume proportions which even now are not con
ceived of. But expecting the worst to come,
he has no apprehension about his title to
the office, and does not regard it as possible
in any way to disturb the present adminis
tration. He feels conscious of this, and is
backed by his cabinet from John Sherman
down to Mr. Key. He denies that he or his
cabinet are in any way agitated over the
matter. The President feels much chagrin
ned over the
DEMOCRATIC UNANIMITY
on this question, and fie feels sorely dis
appointed over the ingratitude of the South
ern Democrats. feels that the policy he
has adopted towards all sections was the
right one, and that ft would work out the
great pioblem of reconciliation. He did not
expect the good results of his policy to come
all a oiue, but believed, as he says from the
ar
start, that the fruits of his endeavors to es-
tablish
PEACE AND HARMON!
would be made certain throughout the entire
land within the next four years. The Dem
ocratic party has undone, to some extent,
this work, and must bear the consequences.
The President denies that he is in any way
actuated by a vindictive spirit. He emphat
ically asserts that he will take no backward
step, nor will he do any act that might be
construed as a retaliation upon those men
whom it has cost him so much to favor. He
will pursue the even tenor of his way, con
tinue his present policy, and will not, as has
been intimated, institute a system of remov
als of such Democrats as have been appoint
ed to office.
THAT TEBBTBLB FBIDAT.
The Star, in speaking of the pasaage of
the Potter resolution, says: "It is a singu
lar coincidence, suggested in connection
with this subject, that President Hayes re
ceived his nomination at Cincinnati on a
Friday. It was on a Friday that the bill
creating the electoral commission passed on
a Friday the electoral commission gave its
decision in the matter of the last disputed
State, and on a Friday it was that the count
was completed and Hayes declared to be
President. Now it is on Friday that tke
Presidential question is reopened.
THE COMMITTEE.
Speaker Randall went to Philadelphia last
night and from there to Pittsburgh to attend
the Democratic State convention to be held
May 23. The select committee of eleven,
provided for in the Potter resolution has
been agreed upon and will be announced on
Monday by Mr. Sayler, who will be speaker
pro tern, during Mr. Randall's absence. The
fallowing are the names of the gentlemen
composing the committee:
Hons. Clarkson N. Potter, of New York.
William R. Morrison, of Illinois.
Eppa Hunton, of Virginia.
John A. McMahon, of Ohio.
J. S. Blackburn, of Kentucky.
W. S. Stenger, of Pennsylvania.
Thos. R. Cobb, of Indiana. Or
Bragg, of Wisconsin.
B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts.
Frank Hiscock, of New York.
J. D. Cox, of Ohio.
Thos. B. Reed, of Maine.
M. H. Dunnell, of Minnesota.
It is probable that Cox of Indiana and
Reed of Maine will not go on.
[To the Western Associated Press.]
PHILADELPHIA, May 19.Speaker Randall
left this city forPittsburgh to-night to attend
the Democratic State convention. Before
leaving he decided upon the following as the
select committee of eleven on the Potter
resolution, which will be announced to
morrow by Mr. Sayler, Speaker
pro tern., Clarkson N. Potter, N. Y. Wm. R.
Morrison, 111. E. Hunton, Va. John A. Mc
Mahon, Ohio J. 0 S. Blackburn, Ky. W.
S. Stenger, Pa Thos. R. Cobb, Ind. Demo
crats B. F. Butler, Mass. Frank Hiscock,
N. Y. J. D. Cox, Ohio: and Thos. B. Reed,
Maine, Republicans.
Another Interview with Hayes.
[Western Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 19.The Times'1
-t ftH "S-T J.
E. S.
Wash-
ington special says: "A gentleman in the con
fidence of the President and having a perfect
knowledge of Mr. Hayes' views respecting
the recent proceedings of the Democratic
majority of the House, said this evening-that
the President, while maintaining his natural
equanimity of temper, was not inclined to
look lightly on the situation. He
did not think it was a matter
to treat with indifference. Great
events in history had sprung from
smaller beginnings. Tracing the movement
from its birth, the President has been struck
with its rapid growth. He points to the sig
nificant circumstance that such independent
and influential men as Alex. H. Stephens aie
already powerless to stay the caucus man
date. Whatever the result of the investiga
tion might be, whatever disclosures might
result therefrom the President entertained
no fear that anything could be brought
home to him. If any person made any
promises in his behalf, or entered into any
bargain, they did so without his knowledge,
and he hoped their acts would be exposed.
The President regards the action of the
Southern Democrats in supporting the in
vestigation scheme as ungrateful in the high
est degree. Irrespective of other considera
tions when he assumed the executive office
he found the South, or at least a large por
tion of it, distracted and torn asunder by
political strife, almost bordering on revolu
tion. He gave the South peace. South
Carolina especially and Louisiana were re
stored to the rule of the native population,
and the carpet-bagger ceased to be an element
in Southern politics. The President of
course acted from a strict sense of public
duty, and claims no reward at the hands of
the South for doing what he was bound in
conscience to do, but he cannot avoid being
a witness to the ingratitude evinced by the
representatives of the South to the man
who above all others has had their welfare
and happiness in common with the rest of
the Union, sincerely at heart.
With reference to his title, the President
conceded that it could be contested, but
there was only one way to test the question,
that was by a writ of quo warranto, which
was the only remedy provided by law. When
he became President the act creating the
electoral commission specially declared that
nothing therein was to be construed
as operating or effecting any right
then existing under the constitution and
laws to question, or proceedings in the judi
cial courts of the United States the right or
title of himself and Mr. Wheeler, if any
such right at that time existed. The Presi
dent admitted Mr. Tilden's only remedy at
present was by a writ of quo waranto, and
such was the prerogative of a writ. It was
not obtainable as a matter of right, but only
in the discretion of the court, and he
doubted whether any court would grant it.
The President also concedes the power of
Congress to pass a law to provide other
means of testing the title to the Presidency,
as the office can never be said to be in the
past, but is always in the present. As to
his impeachment being ordered by the
House, the President has not the remotest
idea that such an occurrence is among
the possibilities.
The President is fully alive to the exigen
cies that may arise, and will see to it that
the public peace is maintained and the laws
enforced at whatever cost. He proposes to
follow the policy already marked out by his
administration, and will take no backward
step,
Kellogg Develops a Netv Point.
A Washington reporter took Wm. Pitt Kel-
J^t^afa ...Jt^ 3 -~B.^.
Dailii
outset: "None of the Democrats have struck
the real pointthe big thing in the case, and
yet," he continued, "the point to which I refer
is as plain as the point of this tooth-pick I hold
in my hand, and a great deal bigger."
"What is it, Mr. Kellogg?"
"Why, simply this. Upon the basis of Mr.
Evarts' instructions to the commission which
Mr. Hayes sent to Louisiana to depose Packard
and set up Nichols as Governor, Congress can
oast Mr. Hayes at any time by a mere joint or
concurrent resolution, whenever a majority of
each house can be brought to vote that way."
"What is the analogy between the two case's?"
"If yoa will get a copy of
MR. EVARTS' INSTRUCTIONS
yoa will see that he sets ap the theory that
whenever the executive succession of a State is
disputed, that is to say, when there are two
claimants of the gubernatorial office, one or
the other of whom is known to have been
elected by the people, the dispute may be set
tled by the legislative body of the State, pro
vided its legal status is unquestioned. I am
not talking about that. I simply said that it
is the opinion of Mr. Evarts, delivered in his
official capacity as secretary of state, for the
guidance of a body appointed by, Mr. Hayes, in
his capacity of President, to adjust
A DISPUTED GUBERNATORIAL SUCCESSION
in a State of this Union. Now, then, you will
agree with me that an administration ought to
be bound by its own constructions of law, will
you not?"
"It would seem so."
"And you will also agree with me that what
a federal cabinet officer considers law applica
ble to a state ought under the same or cognate
circumstances to be applicable to the union as
a whole in view of the fact that the organic
powers and duties of legislative bodies are the
same in all cases. That is to say, if a Legisla
ture of Louisiana being itself unquestionably
de jure, may determine a dispute between two
gubernatorial claimants absolutely, and by
A SIMPLE LEGISLATIVE ACT,
then certainly a congress of the United States,
if it is unquestionably de ure, may in the
same manner determine a dispute between two
Presidential claimants, or between a de facto
incumbent and a de jure claimant, or any way
you choose to phrase it."
'Does the administration or any member of
it apprehend the possible application of its
own doctrine to itself?"
"Oh, yes, Evarts fully understands the kick
ing powers of the legal gun he aimed at Pack
ard. I talked with him about it, and pointed
out that possibility as distinctly as I have
pointed it out to you, but he said no such thing
would ever be attempted."
"What do you suppose he based that assur
ance upon?"
'I suppose he based it upon his faith in the
FEALTY OF CERTAIN DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
to Hayes in case both Houses of the next Con
gress should happen to be Democratic, but the
tremendous anxiety of the administration to
return a Republican majority to the next House
would seem to indicate that they would rather
not be compelled to put their trust in Demo
cratic friends of Hayes alone if they could help
it."
"Suppose, Mr. Kellogg, that the next Con
gress should meet and organize with a clear,
working majority of Democrats in both branch
es, as it undoubtedly will do, what, under Mr.
Evarts' construction of law and the constitu
tion, would be
THE MODUS OPERANDI
of disposing of HayeB?"
"Similar to that by which Mr. Packard was
dispossessed. The two houses of Congress
would pass a resolution declaring Mr. Tilden
the lawful President. Then all bills passed
would be sent to Mr. Tilden for executive ap
proval. Messages would be received from him,
and his nomination to office would be con
firmed "by the Senate, and Mr. Hayes would be
utterly ignored. That was the way it was done
in Louisiana, and if it was lawful and consti
tutional there it onght to be here."
"SUPPOSE HAYES SHOULD RESIST
"How the devil could he resist? What could
he resist with"
"I give it up."
"So would Hayes."
''Do yoa suppose such a state of affairs will
ever transpire?"
"New let's see about that. Mr. Hayes was
elected in the vote of Louisiania if he was elec
ted at all. The returns that elected him also
elected Packard. The Democrats disputed
Packard's election on precisely the same
grounds as those on which they
now dispute the election of Hayes, so far as
Louisiana is concerned. Then Mr. Hayes' sec
retary of State furnished the Democrats with
the law under which they proceeded to oust
Packard and install Nicholls. I held at the
time that
PACKARD WAS ELECTED,
and so hold now. I also held that Hayes was
elected, but Hayes, through his secretary of
state, instructed the commission that the ques
tion as to who had been elected Governor must
be adjudicated by the legislative body, if any
could be found with an unquestionable right
in law to hold their seats. This law, as I said
before, if it be law at all, is organic, and hence
as applicable to the Union as to a State, and
Mr. Hayes and his friends will have no al
ternative but to submit to it if it should hap
pen to be enforced.
Interview With Charles Francis Adams.
Charles Francis Adams, in an interview on
the grand investigation, said: "I cannot
understand the obstinate manner in which the
Republican members of Congress are endeavor
ing to delay the investigation. Their conduct
strikes me as a confession of guilt on their
part. If I -were in the Congress at the present
time and a member of the Republican party, I
would most undoubtedly assist in the unearth
ing of any fraud that might be charged against
members of the party. If there are Repub
licans who have been guilty of complicity in
the frauds that were certainly committed, their
conduct should be investigated, and if they are
proven guilty they should be expelled from the
party. This idea of trying to screen Mr. Hayes
and those of his immediate friends who have
been charged with the commission of
fraud will only injure the great mass
of-i Republicans, while it will prove bene
ficial to only a few of the suspected ones. It is
certainly a suicidal policy, and will give the
Democratic party a greater prestige and a far
better opportunity to achieve a grand success
at the next election. So far as Mr. Hayes is
concerned, no resolution or measure that Con
gress could enact at the present time can serve
to invalidate his claim. The electoral commis
sion was a great mistake, a national calamity,
and a deplorable error. Previous to the sitting
of the electoral commission, the country at
large entertained a high opinion of the judges
of the supreme court, and their decisions were
always regarded favorably and with respect,
but since that time the people have lost con
fidence in the integrity of several of their
number, and the influence of that tribunal has
been destroyed, in a measure. It was a mis
take to introdnce politics into such a tribu-
nal." H. B. Strait a "Three Card Monte Trickster."
[Pioneer Press, May 18th.]
The Pioneer Press is not for Stewart. It
is not for Washburn. It will insist on rais
ing politics above the level of the low cun
ning of the three-card monte tricksters who
have so long too largely controlled it.
Vice President Wheeler and Mrs. Hayes.
MALONE, N. Y., May 19.Vice President
Wheeler arrived home yesterday, accom
panied by Mrs. Hayes, her little daughter,
Hattie, and Mrs. Woodworth, wife of Dr.
Woodworth, of Washington, last evening.
The Malone cornet band and the Malone
glee club, proceeded to the residence of Mr.
Wheeler end serenaded him and his dis
tinguished visitors. In anticipation of some
such event a large concourse of citizens had
congregated, and the house was brillantly
lighted. After the band played several fa
rj
logg hand a day or two ago. He said at the miliar aire, Mr. Wheeler came out upon the have so long too largely controlledlit
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veranda, accompanied by Mrs. ~*.jm.
Their appearance was the signal for prolong
ed and hearty applause on the part of the
assembled crowd. Mr. Wheeler made a
short speech. To-morrow morning the par
ty leave here for a few days excursion among
the lakes of the Adirondacks.
Stewart a 'Three-Card Monte Trickster."
[Pioneer Press, May 18th.]
The Pioneer Press is not for Stewart. It
is not for Washburn. It will insist on rais
ing politics above the level of the low cun
ning of the three-card monte tricksters who
have so long too largely controlled it.
WASHINGTON.
Prima Facie Case of Fraud Mad* Out In
Chicago Custom House Investigation, and
the Preparation of a Brief OrderedMis
cellaneous.
Trusses for Ex-Soldiers,
[Special Telegram to the Globe.]
WASHINGTON, May 19.Gen. Rice's com
mittee on invalid pensions have had under
consideration two bills which provide for
furnishing additional trusses to soldiers who
were ruptured while in the service of the
government during the late war. One of
these was introduced by Carter Harrison and
amends the present law so as to provide that
every soldier of the Union army, or seaman
in the naval service, who was ruptured
while in the line of duty during
the war for tie suppression of
the rebellion, shall be entitled to receive a
single or double truss of such style as may
be designed by the surgeon general. It
further provides that whenever a truss shall
become useless the soldier can apply for
another one, providing the application is not
made more than once in two years. The
other bill was introduced by Mr. Boyd of
Illinois, and provides that every ruptured
soldier shall be entitled to a new truss every
five years. These bills have been referred
to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs.
Hewitt, of Alabama, Walsh of Maryland,
and Powers of Maine.
Chicago Custom House Frauds.
[Special Telegram to the Globe]
WASHINGTON, May 19.Important action
upon the Chicago custom house report has
already been taken by Secretary Sherman in
his letter to Judge French, to whom he has
referred the case. Sherman says that a
prima facie case of fraud has been made out
and directs French merely to brief the case
and send it to the attorney general with all
the documents for him to decide what steps
shall be taken for the prosecution. He also
says to French that the matter should be re
ferred to Congress so that steps may be tak
en to guard by legislation against similar
frauds in the future.
The Silver Dollar.
[Special Telegram to the Globe.]
WASHINGTON, May 19.Secretary Sher
man has concluded to rescind- the order by
which Bilver dollars could be issued in ex
change for greenbacks for the ostensible
reason that silver does not get into circula
tion, but is immediately returned to the
treasury in payments of duties. Silver is
now to be issued for greenbacks only to the
extent of $5.
Memorial Services.
[Western Associated Press.]
WASHINGTON, May 19.The services in
memory of the late Judge Chishelm, son
and daughter, murdered a year ago in Kem
per Co., Miss., were held this morning in
the Metropolitan District Episcopal church.
Rev. H. R. Naylor, pastor, preached a short
sermon before a large congregation, Mrs.
Chishelm being present. Bishop
Haven pronounced a eulogy, in
the course of which he said
we must defend the freedom of speech
and freedom of the ballot, or we perish
from the earth. To this coming perfection
of national peace and power this sad event
will contribute. This famity group are
martyrs to American equality of the rights
under the declaration of independence and
to the preamble of the constitution. It was
for the cause of equal rights the father
fought and the family fell. It was for
the protection of every citizen at the
polls, for true Democracy to the government
of the majority of voters, legally and fear
lessly expressed, for the American nation,
for the rights of mankind, that the citizen
of America with his brave son and braver
daughter, laid down their lives. Their cries
of agony death shall never be forgotten,
never below, never above.
Miscellaneous.
WASHINGTON, May 19.Senor Zamascona,
Mexican minister, says his advices from
Mexico show the revolutionists have utterly
failed and have no support whatever in any
of the States of that republic.
E. V. Drake a "Three-Card Monte Trick-
ster."
[Pioneer Press, May 18th.J
The Pioneer Press is not for Stewart. It
is not for Washburn. It will intist on rais
ing politics above the level of the low cun
ning of the three-card monte tricksters who
have so long too largely controlled it.
MRS. TILTON'S CONDITION.
Theodore Sails for Europe, Leaving Behind
Him a Characteristic Card, Denouncing
the Last Vile Calumniating Effort of the
Beecherites.
[Special Telegram to the Globe.]
N EW YOBK, May 19.Theodore Tilton
sailed for Europe yesterday, and alone. Some
friends questioned him frankly about the
Sun's story as to Mrs. Tilton's delicate con
dition. He pronounced this the culminating
outrage of his enemies, and at his friend's
solicitation wrote a card to be used i they
thought wise. In this he says:
mmmnmmm
*3#*^.#
ST. PAUL, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1878.
ft
story
is not only wickedly false, but is so gross
and vulgar that it may be safely left to rot
and perish in its own vileness. This is my
testimony, that the story is a malevalent
fabrication.
Tilton repeated to these friends that a re
union had never once been thought of by
him, and was impossible.
Knute Nelson a "Three Card Monte Trick-
ster."
[Pioneer Press, May 18th.]
The Pioneer Pre$$ not for Stewart. It
is not for Washburn. It will insist on rais
ing politics above the level of the-low cun
nine of the three-card monte tricksters who
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FOKEIGN NEWS.
INCLUDING A GOOD SPRIXKZIirG OF
WAR GOSSIF.
The Statement Keiterated that Count
SchonvalofTs Mission was Perfectly Suc-
cessfulAnd that Bussla is Koir "Willing:
to Make Considerable Concessions to Sat
isfy EnglandBut Todleben and the
Turks Seem to he Preparing for Another
Clash of Arms Theatre Burned and
Forty Persons Perish In the Flaines-Mis
cellaneous.
LONDON, May 20.A Vienna correspond
ent telegraphs: The Conciliatory desposi
tion in St. Petersburg was maintained to the
end of Count SchouvalofTs visit, despite ef
forts to the contrary, and the struggle of
politicial and personal friends which has
been going on for the last week in St.
Petersburg, was decided in favor of Connt
Schouvaloff. He is said to have waited for
an attack but at the first interview with the
Emperor he assailed the treaty
of San Stefano and its framers
boldly and frankly. The impression pro
duced on the Czar's mind is reported to have
been so deep that no efforts of his advisors
could weaken it. The effect of the Count's
communication about the extent of the con
cessions, which, in his opinion, must be made
if war with England was to be avoided,
was startling indeed, and found
expression in these first reports
as to the English demands being deemed ex
borbitant and at the same time so little pre
cise as to not offer a sufficient basis for ne
gotiations. This phase, however, passed
away and now there can scarcely be a doubt
that Count Schouvaloff goes back to London
empowered to make concessions in accord
ance with the British point of view nay
more, as is believed in St. Petersburg, to of
fer great concessions.
It will, however, be impossible io judge
whether Schouvaloff*s success is apparent or
real until he arrives in London.
In proportion as the news from St. Peters
burg is more pacific, that from Constanti
nople is more warlike. The Russians insist
that the movements of their troops are not
intended as hostile, but the Turks are, not
withstanding, hard at work strengthening
their lines and bringing out guns. This
is not easy, as the Turkish line
of defense from the Sea of Marmora to the
Black sea is so long, and while the Turkish
force about the capital is superior to the
Russian, it is hardly sufficient to man such a
length of line. The Turks will be soon re
inforced, however, by the forty battalions
released in Thessaly and twenty battalions
from Varna.
A correspondent at Pera says there are no
apprehensions of a Russian coup de main.
A dispatch from Syria says the chief of
Mecca has issued an appeal to the faithful,
that Ehalf is in danger of calling upon them
and to fly to the rescue. The appeal is made
throughout Arabia and Asia Minor, but is
not likely to have much effect, as the Arabs
are disaffectec*.
TALK'S BESIGNATION.
A Berlin dispatch says: Dr. Falk's res
ignation will certainly he followed by that
of Herr Frudenthal, and probably that of
Herr Hobreecht. If Falk cannot be induced
to stay Frudenthal and Hobreecht may pre
fer going to seconding the action of the eo
clesiastical minister.
HKBZKGOVINA.
A Pera correspondent says Austria is on
the point of an understanding with the
Porte for the friendly occupation of Herze
govina. Fifteen thousand more Russians
are expected from Adrianople.
MOBE FBAUDULENT PAPEB.
FALL RIVES, Mass., May 19.Twenty-five
hundred dollars additional fraudulent paper
of Sagamore mills has come to light.
FATAL THEATBE FIEK.
CALCUTTA. May 19.Orders have been is
sued for the immediate construction of the
coast defences. During the performance
in the theatre at Ahmed Neugger the build
ing caught fire and forty persons were
burned to death.
LIBEBAL DEFEAT IN IliHLAND.
LONDON, May 20.The election for mem
ber of the House of Commons for the count/
of Down, Ireland, resulted in Lord Castle
reagh, conservative, receiving 6,076 votes
and Andrew, liberal, 4,071. The seat is thus
wrested from the liberal.
IJOW Cunning of Wheelock's Pards.
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BRUTAL MURDER.
Au Indiana Farmer Killed in His Own
Hause by a Bobber,
[Special Telegram to the Globe.]
FOBT WAYNE, Ind. May 19.Last 'night a
brutal murder was committed at Hamilton,
DeKalb county, the victim being Frank
Houlton, a prosperous and popular farmer
living at this place. Houlton kept a consid
erable amount of money at his house, on
account cf long distance to any bank. This
fact was well known to his neighbors. At
1 o'clock a burglar entered his house and
went into his daughter's room. The young
lady was awakened by his movements, and
screamed loudly, at which Houlton jumped
from his bed and ran out of his room. He
was met at the door by the burglar, who
deliberately shot him through the
head causing instant death. The murderer
ordered the wife and daughter to keep still
under the penalty of death, while he calmly
searched the house, but failed to get any
plunder. He then made his escape, where
upon an alarm was given. The sheriff with
a posse started in pursuit and tracked him
to the summit, eight miles distant. In the
meantime he had been apprehended at Steu
benville where the sheriff took him in cus
tody. was taken to Auburn and lodged
in jail. The murderer's name is John Ab
bott, and he is a neighbor of Houlton. He
is a desperate character, and recently got out
of the penitentiary where he served a term
for forgery. is only 20 years old.
The Noble Crowd Controlling Minnesota.
[Pioneer Press, May 18th.]
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Weather To-Day.
WASHINGTON, May 19.Indications for
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val
leys, rising barometer, southwest to north
west winds. Nearly stationary temperature,
MYSTERIOUS TELEGRAMS.
A Call Upon Mr. W. E. Chandler to Explain
Them.
[From the New York Herald.]
In connection with the proposed Florida
investigation there are some telegraphic dis
patches sent daring the period immediately
after the election, the meaning of which
puzzled a good many innocent souls when
they were brought out in the investigation
of last year, and which it will be well now
to have explained, merely to satisfy an idle
curiosity, as it were. Here, for instance, is
one sent on election day by Mr. Pnrman,
candidate for Congress, to Govin, then elec
tion manager and now United States consul:
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 6, 1876.To CoL Manuel
Govin, Key West: Draw on Gov. Stearns
and myself for two hundred more.
W. J. PCBMAN.
Here is another, from the chairman of the
Republican committee, two days after the
election:
Nov. 8,1876.-^Judge J. M. Edmunds, Chair
man Republican National Executive Commit
tee, Washington, D. C, In order to prevent
frauds we must havo money. If Florida is im
portant, authorize me to draw on you for $2,000.
Answer. MABTIN,
Chairman Republican Campaign Committee,
YJt pTJRMAV
Here are several mysterious cipher dis
patches from Mr. W. E. Chandler:
TALLAHASSEE, NOV. 12, 1876.M. A. Clancy,
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York: Doctors plenty
rainy weather. Is sea smooth? Have Jones
and clear or partly cloudy weather, except ning of the three-card monte tricksters who
rain areas in Northern stations, have so long too largely controlled it.
W
E CHANULEB.
Clancy was the stenographer of the Re
publican national committee. But who or
what was Jones? Chandler appears to have
been anxious about him or it, fohr he tele
graphed again the nexCtl dayy:'
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13
Motel, N. Y.: Florida swarming with prominent
Democrats. Send some Republican lawyers and
eminent men. Send Jones to E. A. Rollins,
Philadelphia. Have Arthur William warm'.
Men acting cold. W. E. CHANDLEB.
Chandler's mind was set at rest about Jones
the same day by this dispatch from Z. Chand
ler:
WASHINGTON, IS.Hon. W. E.
Chandler, Tallahassee, Fla.: Dispatch received.
Jones gone to Philadaharney all along the line
sea safe, cotton high stiffen oranges men com
inS- Z. CHANDLEB, Chmn.
The price of cotton seems to have interest
ed most of the Republican statesmen, for on
the same day Mr. W. E. Chandler, at Talla
hasse, was anxious about the price, and
telegraphed to that eminent cotton factor, S.
B. Packard, now consul to Liverpool:
TALLA, 13.8. B. Packard. New Orleans
Has Kellogg my letter? Must know positively
about cotton. E. CHANDLEB.
Mr. Chandler got satisfactory assurances
the same day thus:
NEW OBLEANS, 13.Everett Chase, care Gov.
Stearns, Talla, Fla.Just received your letter.
Think cotton high how there?
NEW OBLEANS, Nov. 13.Everett Chase, care
Gov. SteamsConfident cotton high only keep
it firm there. JJ.
There is also the following assurance about
money, a week after the election. It will be
observed:
Nov. 13, 1876.To Col. Manuel Govin, Key
West, Florida: Will have funds from Washing
ton in ten days. Draw only fifteen days' sight.
Our Buccess certain. W. J. PDBMAN.
On the same day following to somebody in
Columbus:
TALLA., Fla., 13.A. E. Gee, Columbus, 0.
William 8. Matthews and other of high charac
ter rainy, E. CHANDLEB.
On the 15th of November another mys
terious character is added to ''Jones" in the
following dispatch
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15Hon. W. E.
Chandler: Cook and others leave to-night Rob
inson will accompany Jones if necessary Cotton
high Doctors plenty You must not leave.
Z. CHANDLEB, Chmn.
Nine days later Robinson and Jones have
Smith added to them, to increase the mys
tery.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.Hon. W. E. Chandler:
Cotton high. Robinson in Philadelphia.
Smith went with Jones to Florida.
Z. CHANDLEB.
Finally, on the 27 we find that Robinson's
first name is William, otherwise Bill we sup
pose, and that Mr. Chandler has need of Bill
in "small cherries," as also of some apples:
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 27, 1878.Z. Chandler,
Washington, D. CWilliam Robinson in small
cherries probably shall not need him apples
about twenty besfrto
be ready for any emer
gency, E. CHANDLEB.
The day before Mr. Chandler described
to his friend Gov. Kellogg a ew kind of
fever:
TALLAHASSEE, NOV. 26, 1876.Gov. W. P.
Kellogg, New Orleans: Cold reports here doc
tors scarce cotton fever spreading raining
here. Answer. W. E. CHANDLEB.
All this is very mysterious and eminently
calculated to excite curiosity. Will not Mr.
Chandler tell a mystery-hating American
public what it all means? Who was Jones?
and why should Mr. Chandler, at Tallahaa
see, with his hands full of election business,
have been so anxious that Jones should go
to Philadelphia to see E. A. Rollins? And
who was Smith, who was added to Jones
and with him went to Florida? And who
was Robinson, surnamed William, who,
after sojourning at Philadelphia, was finally
wanted in Florida in the shape of ''small
cherries," and with "apples," apparently of
the "twenty" kind, added to him, to be ready
for any emergency?
It is tantalizing to read so much and know
s# little. When he was examined before the
House committee Mr. Chandler refused to
testify on the ground that he was the attor
ney for nearly all the Republican politicians
in Florida. Was it as their attorney that
he demanded Jones, Smith, and Robinson,
surnamed William? By the way, Mr. Chand
ler ought really to tell us whether his in
structions to "have Arthur William warm"
were obeyed? Did they set him on a grid
iron? or put him in the oven? or what?
to
The Party of "Moral Ideas" Reduced
Three-Card Monte Tricksters
[Pioneer Press May 18.]
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HARD GLOVES.
The Kind Mike Donovan Used In Pum
meling Wm. McClellan.
[Special Telegram to the Globe]
NEW YOBK, May 19.Mike Donovan and
Wm. McClellan fought a glove match last
night as a return match to the battle fought
a few weeks since between the men at
Masonic Temple in Thirtieth street, when
Donovan won the fight after punishing
McClellan severely. Last night's contest
was for-a purse of $500, said to have been
put up by brokers. The men fought with
hard gloves. Billy Borch was chosen as
referee. Joe GOBS and Jerry Donovan, broth
er of Mike Donovan, acted as second for the
latter, and Ned Mallahan and Johnny
Dwyer acted in the same capacity for Mo-'
Olellan. Eight rounds were fought, when
McClellan was completely whipped, and left
the ring badly used up. There was much
dissatisfaction amongst the spectators.
A Sweet Scented "Lot.
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SHAEP COMPETITION.
BETWEEN OVE I2fS.UfE ASTLVM AJfD
THE ILLINOIS FE1SOX.
BerU Must l*ok to His LaurelsHow
They Ga Men in JolletA Straight
Piece of Wood UsedIt la as Pretty
Beits' Wooden Wedge and Kills Neatly.
Joliet, HI., (May 16) Cor. Chicago TribunS.]
The commissioners of the State peniten
tiary decided this morning to admit reporters
to'ihe investigation of the cause of the
death of Gus Reed, the colored convict,
which is being made at the prison, and no
tices were sent to the local papers to that
effect. The investigation commenced yes
terday evening with the examination of
Stephen Reed, the day guard in the "soli-
tary," whose testimony was taken down
by a stenographer and read from
the notes at the session this forenoon.
Reed is a clear-eyed, open-faced, manly young
fellow, and gave his evidence, which is quite
voluminous, but substantially the same as he
gave at the coroner's inquest, in a straight
forward manner. He reiterated his state
ment that he had orders from Deputy War
den Mayhew and Dr. Heise to whip convict
Harris the first time, and whipped him the
second time without special orders for dis
turbing the "solitary" and general vicious
ness. The first flogging was inflicted as
A SOBT OF MEDICAL EXFEBIMENT,
for the purpose of ascertaining whether
Harris was really insane or feigning insani
ty. The gag is recognized as a method of
punishment, but the witness was not so pos
itive as to the use of the strap. When
Deputy Mayhew gave him orders to whip
Harris, he (Mayhew) referring to the whip
ping, said that he ''didn't care a dd who
who knows it! It was orders from head
quarters, and he did not care whether the
convict came out [of punishment] head
first or feet first. The witness un
derstood "headquarters" to mean
the warden and commissioners. He whip
ped Harris several times,five or six differ
ent times in one day,and reported the ef
fects of the whippings to the physician the
next day. He also reported the number of
whippings to Assistant-Physician Dnpps,
and no objection was made by either of the
medical men to the punishment. Dr. Heise
was shown the effects of the whip on the
convict's back. The skin was not broken,
but there were
BBOWNISH-COLOBED MARKS
on the body. Dr. Heise examined the whip,
and told witness not to say anything about
the whipping to anyone. Did not really
know what Dr. Heise did say, but knew that
if he had protested ho (Reed) would not
have Bogged the convict. Harris and Gus.
Reed were the only prisoners he knew to
have been whipped. He had heard that
Duncan McDougal, the captain of the night
watch, had a time with Harris, and
from the way McDougal spoke he was under
the impression that they meaning McDou
gal and Officer Leasurehad beaten Harris
with a cane.
The witness has never used tho gag on
any noisy convict until all other means of
quieting him had failed, and never without
first warning the convict of the consequen
ces if he persisted in disturbing the "soli-
tary." He had never considered the gag
dangerous until
THE CASE OF CONVICT MICHAEL BYAN,
in November last. After gagging Ryan he
was called to another part of the "solitary,"
and when he returned he found that Ryan
had fallon down as nearly prostrate as it
was possible for him to fall en account of
the hand-caffs which secured him to the iron
door of his cell. A feeling which the wit
ness could not describe came over him when
he saw Ryan in this condition. He immedi
ately released Ryan and called a convict to
his assistance. This convict blew his breath
into Ryan's mouth, and succeeded in restor
ing the latter to consciousness. When Ryan
recovered
BLOOD AND FBOTH
issued from his mouth and nose. At this
moment Deputy Warden Mayhew and As
sistant Deputy C. Sleeper entered the
"solitary" yard, and witness told the former
that he (the witness) had killed Ryan. The
deputy's answer was that it didn't "make
much difference, anyway." Ryan was re
turned to the cell, ultimately recovered and
was transferred i Chester March last.
Since this occurrence witness has considered
the gag a dangerous instrument to use, and
had so told Mayhew and Sleeper, but had
not spoken to the warden, the physician, or
any of the commissioners of the danger
attending the use of the gag. The wit
ness also said that men often feign fainting
in order to have the gag removed, but, with
the exception of Gus Reed and Michael Ryan,
who gave way under the gag, the latter dy
ing, he has never known any convict to act
ually faint while undergoing the gag punish
ment. He has often 6een men standing at
the cell doors, shackled, their face covered
with a clammy perspiration, and in danger
of fainting. Men in that condition were
always released. Has known prisoners in
punishment to
STAND IN IBONS NIGHT AND DAT
for several days in succession. When the
witness comes off duty in the evening he re
leases all the men in irons unless he haa
orders to the contrary.
Continuing, Officer Reed stated that he
knew of no way of quieting noisy convicts
except with the gag. He never knew of any
kind of gag fpept a straight piece of wood.
Russell Blakeley a "Three-Card Monte
Trickster."
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More Melody.
[Cincinnati Enquirer.]
Donna Cameron is what they call her now.
It has a more melodious sound than Lizzie
Sherman.
As Sweet a Gang as Ever
Draw.
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NUMBER 126.
Ke- Authorative Description of Minnesota
publicans.
[Pioneer Press May 18.]
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Naval Paymaster Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, May 19.Robert Pettie,
pay director of the United States navy, died
to-day, atter a long illness. He entered the
navy in 1837.
Felt a Halter
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